D&D Demotivators II: Return to Unnormal

[dsmiles]

Two of my Dakka favorites:

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[Tavar]

I like it all the same, where's Combust from?

Players handbook 2, I think.

[arguskos]

I like it all the same, where's Combust from?

Spell Compendium. Combust is notable as being the damage source in one of The Mailman's best damage tricks, the Surge of Fortune Shuffle. It's spoilered below for you:

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The Surge of Fortune Shuffle: This is a low Epic (level 21+) two round maneuver that deals 810 fire over two hits at the cost of a 9th and 7th level spell, plus some change and XP. On round one, cast Greater Arcane Fusion for Limited Wish -> Surge of Fortune and True Strike. If Spellsurge is already up, also cast Arcane Fusion for Assay SR and True Casting. If not, use another GAF to pump it out with an Assay. Use your move action to Hide in Plain Sight if you're capable. On round two, use your standard to cast Enhanced Twinned Maximized Empowered Combust as a 9th level spell. Use your move action to tumble next to the enemy. Then, use your swift action to activate Surge of Fortune, and finally, make the touch attack (which you can make at any point in the round after casting a touch spell).
It will auto-crit threat due to the Surge, get a +20 to hit on the crit confirmation melee touch attack, and have an SR check of 1d20+50 or so if you took the Marshal level. The 810 or so critted fire damage comes over two hits, meaning even Fire Resist 30 is pretty overwhelmed. If the enemy is immune to fire, you can use a Metamagic Rod of Substitution or just a Shocking Grasp (less damage) instead. The SR check is enough to get by a lot of Epic critters and some gods, and your melee touch crit confirmation roll with True Strike ought to be 1d20+30 touch at least, which again, is enough for most Epic critters and some gods. If you either screw up, or the thing for some ungodly reason isn't dead, cast Celerity immediately after your turn and dimension hop your butt away or put up a Force Wall or something. This could be adapted to lower levels with less metamagic, but its main value is the high damage/spell slot ratio and the shock value of so much damage, so it's less applicable.

[Cieyrin]

Spell Compendium. Combust is notable as being the damage source in one of The Mailman's best damage tricks, the Surge of Fortune Shuffle. It's spoilered below for you:

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The Surge of Fortune Shuffle: This is a low Epic (level 21+) two round maneuver that deals 810 fire over two hits at the cost of a 9th and 7th level spell, plus some change and XP. On round one, cast Greater Arcane Fusion for Limited Wish -> Surge of Fortune and True Strike. If Spellsurge is already up, also cast Arcane Fusion for Assay SR and True Casting. If not, use another GAF to pump it out with an Assay. Use your move action to Hide in Plain Sight if you're capable. On round two, use your standard to cast Enhanced Twinned Maximized Empowered Combust as a 9th level spell. Use your move action to tumble next to the enemy. Then, use your swift action to activate Surge of Fortune, and finally, make the touch attack (which you can make at any point in the round after casting a touch spell).
It will auto-crit threat due to the Surge, get a +20 to hit on the crit confirmation melee touch attack, and have an SR check of 1d20+50 or so if you took the Marshal level. The 810 or so critted fire damage comes over two hits, meaning even Fire Resist 30 is pretty overwhelmed. If the enemy is immune to fire, you can use a Metamagic Rod of Substitution or just a Shocking Grasp (less damage) instead. The SR check is enough to get by a lot of Epic critters and some gods, and your melee touch crit confirmation roll with True Strike ought to be 1d20+30 touch at least, which again, is enough for most Epic critters and some gods. If you either screw up, or the thing for some ungodly reason isn't dead, cast Celerity immediately after your turn and dimension hop your butt away or put up a Force Wall or something. This could be adapted to lower levels with less metamagic, but its main value is the high damage/spell slot ratio and the shock value of so much damage, so it's less applicable.

I'd think we could squeeze in Searing Spell if we're going to use this at all often, so we ignore Fire Resistance, do more to Cold Vulnerable and half to Fire Immune, as some things have annoying resistance to EVERYTHING that makes Substituting impractical/not useful.

[Choco]

I had to check that pic to make sure I wasn't IN it.

You aint the only one

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Man I wish more IG players would use these, mostly cause in the time it takes multi-thousand point IG armies to take their turn, I can go out to a sit down restaurant, have a 3 course meal, come back, and still have time for a decent nap...

[Jergmo]

Would you look at the crisp paint job on the Falcon!

The what, now?

[dsmiles]

The what, now?

Exactly.

[arguskos]

I'd think we could squeeze in Searing Spell if we're going to use this at all often, so we ignore Fire Resistance, do more to Cold Vulnerable and half to Fire Immune, as some things have annoying resistance to EVERYTHING that makes Substituting impractical/not useful.

The Mailman is so feat-starved, I don't think you actually can. Just don't use the Surge of Fortune Shuffle against that stuff.

Of course, there might be a way to shoehorn in one random feat then Dark Shuffling it into Searing Spell, which obviously is fine, cause this is epic we're talking about now.

[Tam_OConnor]

I come bearing the posters:

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(relevant link)

[Yora]

You can't trust other people to make good pictures of you, that's why.

[Duos Greanleef]

I'm not certain it's not already here, but I come bearing this (which is not mine)

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[Duos Greanleef]

I'm not certain it's not already here, but I come bearing this (which is not mine)

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[golentan]

Two of my Dakka favorites: -snip-

That's not a dakka poster. This is a Dakka poster:

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Da Orkz Diskoverz Mattematics.

[dsmiles]

That's not a dakka poster. This is a Dakka poster:

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Da Orkz Diskoverz Mattematics.

I'm sorry, you poster is a fallacy. There is no such thing as 'enough dakka.'

[golentan]

I'm sorry, you poster is a fallacy. There is no such thing as 'enough dakka.'

Nonsense. Any number of dakkas is insufficient. Dividing your ammunition stocks by 0 results in an undefined amount of dakka, which being non-finite (thus not a number) and probably very large (it at least approaches infinity) may qualify as sufficient dakka. It's simple, really.

[gbprime]

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Man I wish more IG players would use these, mostly cause in the time it takes multi-thousand point IG armies to take their turn, I can go out to a sit down restaurant, have a 3 course meal, come back, and still have time for a decent nap...

I wish more people would use them too. I own a reaver titan and it can pop three per turn.

[gbprime]

I'm sorry, you poster is a fallacy. There is no such thing as 'enough dakka.'

Depends on who's left after the shooting is over. This... may have been enough dakka.

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[CycloneJoker]

I wish more people would use them too. I own a reaver titan and it can pop three per turn.

A REAVER? You forked over more than a thousand bucks to get something that will suck in ten years, will probably break (I've heard horror stories), is a pain to transport, and has no practical use?

[Choco]

A REAVER? You forked over more than a thousand bucks to get something that will suck in ten years, will probably break (I've heard horror stories), is a pain to transport, and has no practical use?

Could be a custom model, I have known people who have built their own.

[gbprime]

A REAVER? You forked over more than a thousand bucks to get something that will suck in ten years, will probably break (I've heard horror stories), is a pain to transport, and has no practical use?

Nope. i forked over more than a HUNDRED bucks in 1996 for one of the originals. Still looks damn impressive on the field, i've built custom weapons for it and am one of the few that hangs banners from it.

I've been tithing to Games Workshop for 21 years now.

[Flickerdart]

Speaking of which...

[Tiki Snakes]

Nonsense. Any number of dakkas is insufficient. Dividing your ammunition stocks by 0 results in an undefined amount of dakka, which being non-finite (thus not a number) and probably very large (it at least approaches infinity) may qualify as sufficient dakka. It's simple, really.

Still needz moar Dakka.

[The Tygre]

Silence, puny mortals. The Lich-ing hour is upon you;

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It should probably be made clear by now that I am MONSTROUSLY liberal with what I count as a lich, mage, or even undead. But I'm gonna' cover all my bases, damn it! Except for Shaman and Warmage. Because seriously, I'm tired. You all can fill out the rest.

[Sanguine]

Do you have a source on the Paladin Lich picture?

[golentan]

Do you have a source on the Paladin Lich picture?

Isn't it what's his name from Warcraft? Arthas I think (been forever since I played any of those)?

[The Tygre]

Indeed, that's Arthas aka The Lich King from World of Warcraft. Seemed like an obvious choice to me.

[Derjuin]

It's the Arthas-Ner'zhul amalgamation (hereafter known as "lich king") from end of Warcraft 3/mostly the second expansion for World of Warcraft.

Edit: 87% ninja'd

[Marnath]

Do you have a source on the Paladin Lich picture?

That's Arthas, of Warcraft fame. Well, the Lich King is pictured there too technically, but he's more a spirit inside some armor than a person.

*edit: Wow, I think that's the most savagely I've ever been ninja'ed.

[The Tygre]

Hrrm... Ninja'd... Ninjas... Liches... Ninja Lich...

[Sanguine]

Huh, never played Warcraft.

Anyway because there have been too many post without a poster I give you the following(not mine). Hopefully someone else hasn't already posted it.

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